Oakland teachers avert strike, up to 13% raises on the table

The Brief

  • A teachers’ strike in Oakland was averted early Friday morning after the union representing educators in the district announced it reached a tentative agreement with school officials following an 18-hour bargaining session.
  • The tentative agreement includes a 13% wage increase for the highest-paid educators and an 11% wage increase for other educators.
  • Officials with the Oakland Unified School District did not immediately respond to a request about how the district plans to pay for it.

OAKLAND, Calif. A teachers’ strike in Oakland was averted early Friday morning after the union representing educators in the district announced it reached a tentative agreement with school officials following an 18-hour bargaining session.

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The Oakland Education Association, which represents about 3,000 educators in the district, said on social media at about 3 a.m. that it had come to terms with the Oakland Unified School District on a two-year contract.

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